Jacket-can.



IE'. RUDOLPH.

JACKET CAN.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 9, 1907.

Patented June 15 and... f

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FRANKLIN RUDOLPH, `OF WINNE'PKA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN GAN COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY'.

JACKE P-CAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 15, 1909.

Application led March 9, 1907. Serial No.v361,596.

lfinnetka, in the county of Cook and State' of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Jacket-Cans, of which tlfe following is a specification. l

My invention relates to jacketed cans for shi ping and handling oil and other articles.

I eretofore protecting jackets for the' bodies of sheet metal cans have usually been made of wood veneer, or else of sheet iron, a single thickness of the Wood veneer or sheet iron surrounding the can body and affording someiprotection thereto against blows, flthough'afl'ord/ing little direct supporty or reinforcement to the thin sheet metal or'tin plate body of the can for lack of any adhesion or close supporting contact.

between the tin plate body of the can and its surrounding jacket.

The object of my invention is tol provide a j acketed can of a strong, sim le, efficient and durable construction, capalile of bein rapidly and cheaply manufactured, and in Which'the surrounding jacket and can body Will act in. a measure as one unitary .struc-4 ture, and in which the 'acket and can body will have'a close adherlng and binding and supporting contact-with each other throughout, so that no part -of the can body or jacket can slip or give inany direction in respect tof the other, thereby producing a structure asa Whole' of vgreat strength and stiIness and durability for the weight and cost ofmaterials employed.

QMy invention consists in the means I employ to accomplish this object or result, as

erein shown and described; that is to say it consists, in connectionwith theA can body and itsd top `and bottom heads soldered or secured thereto and provided with marginal rims or danges, `of a continuous s irally Wound jacket of paper or ot er. fi rous material wrapped around the body o f the can in a series or plurality `of successive layers, the inner layer having a close and adhesive binding and supporting contact with the can body, and the successive layers having a similar adhesive and binding contact with or fibrous jacket adheretogether and mutually support and bind each other and the inclosed can body, the upper and lower edges of this tensile or bandage-acting jacket being confined and protected by the marginal flanges or rims of the upper and lower heads of the can which are folded over the ends of the jacket to securely unite the same t0 the body.

My invention further consists in the. novel construction of parts and devices and in the novel combinations of parts and devices herein shown and described.

In the accompanying drawing, forming a' part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a jacketed can embodyino` my invention. Fig. 2 is a central vertica section. Fig. 3 is a cross section and Fig. 4 is a detail Hsection on line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

In the drawing A represents the sheet metal cylindrio body of the can, B its upper or top head, C its lower or bottom head, D theouring nzzle, E the handle or bail, E1 the ail ears, F the protecting jacket consisting of successive layers of paper or other fibrous material wound continuously and spirally around the can body, the inner layer being glued or cemented to the outer surface of the can body,s and the outer layers being glued orcemented together', and Gr is a supplemental bottom of wood veneer, surrounded by a metal rim g.

.The sheet metal body A has the customary soldered side seam a, and it is united by soldered joints or seams al a2 with the top and .bottom eads B, O', of the can.

`lThe u per or top head B preferably has a dome-shaped center portion b,provided.witl1 L0,01`1ntersu1`1k annular base t to the raised central boss b3 thereof. The raised central boss b3 is furnished with a pouring opening b4' surrounded by an upturned flange b5 to which the pouring nozzle D is soldered or'securd.

^Thedo1neshaped radially fluted top B is also providedfwith an annular cylindric flange or shoulderl b", which its Within the' upper 'en d of the can body A and towhichsald body 1s soldered, and it is also provided with an eut-v Wardly projecting flange or riml t7.'

'Ihe bottom head C is furnished with an annular cylindric flange or shoulder()1 Which fits Within the lower end of the can body A, v

paper Wound or Wrapped spirally around the.`

can body in successive layers'f, the inner layer having an adhesive coating f1 cementing it to the can body, and the successive layers having similar adhesive coatings j cementing the successive layers' together, 'and Vthe outergjlayer being also preferably furnished With a Water-proof or moisture p`roof coating f2 of shellac or other Water-proof substance or composition. The successive layers f of the jacket F are Wrapped or Wound tightly around the can body so that the can body and the successive layers of the jacket cemented to each other act, in a measure ,s as one solid or unitary structure, the in ner layers ofthe jacket being in close, adhesive and binding contact with the can body and the successive layers being in close, radhesive and binding contact with each other, so that the spirally Wrapped continuous jacket has a binding and bandage-like action upon the can body, as Well as areinforcing and sup orting action. -The number of layers or lthic nesses of Which the spirally Wound paper or fibrous material jacket is composed may be increased or diminished as desired or required, and eachr layer may be made of paper or fibrous material of any desired thickness, according to the size of the jacketed can and use to which it is to be put. After the continuous spirally Wound paper or fibrous material has-been Wrapped around the can body between the marginal out- Wardly projecting rims or flanges t7 C2, these rims or anges are folded or seamed over the ends of the jacket by forming the folds or flanges bs and C, thus securely uniting the ends of the jacket tothe can heads and covering and protecting the ends ofy the'jacket by the folded rims of the upper and loWer canl heads B, C. l

I claim: ,j v 1f In a jacketed can, the combination with the can body and can heads,A of a fibrous ,jacket Wrapped in successivelayers aroundf the can body, the innerulayer cemented to the can body and the successive layers cemented to each other, the can heads having folded rims embracing the ends of the` jacket," and a supplemental bottom having 4a metal rim 'contacting with and soldered to the bottom head, said fibrous jacket having a bandage` like'fgripping action on the can body and the body and jacket being 4irremovably united.

throughout' their contacting surfaces and forming a-composite unitary structure, substantia ly'as specified.

2. In a jacketed can, the combination with a sheet metal can' body and can heads, of a paper jacket Wrapped in successive layers around the can body, the inner layer ccmented to the can body and the successive layers cemented to each other,- the can heads and can body having interfolded rims uniting the same together and surrounding, embracing and compressing the ends of the jacket, said paper jacket having a bandage-like gri ping actionvon the can body, and the bo y and j acket being irremovably united throughout their contactinglsurfaees and forming a composite. unitary structure and said can heads being also rigidly connected to the paper jacket as Well vas to the can body, substantially as specified.

j 3. In a jacketed can, the combination With a sheet metal can body and can heads, of a paper jacket Wrapped inl successive layers around the can body, the inner layer cemented to the can body and the successive 4layers cemented to eachother, the can heads and can body having interfolded rims uniting the same together and surrounding, embracing and compressing the ends of the jacket, said paper jacket having'a bandage-like gripping action on the can body, and the body and jacket being irremovably united throughout their contacting surfaces and forming a composite unitary structure, and said can heads being also rigidly connected to. the paper jacket as Well as to the can body, and asupplemental bottom having a metal rim contacting vi'rith and soldered to the bottom head of the can body, said metal rim having annular flanges embracing said supplemental bottom, substantially as specified.

4. In a jacketed can, the combination with a sheet metal can body and can heads, of a paper jacket Wrapped in successive layers around the can body, the inner layer cemented to the can body and the successive layers cemented to each other, said paper jacket having a bandage-like gripping action on the can body and the body and jacket being irreV- movably united throughout their contacting surfaces and lforming a composite unitarystructurev and said can heads being also rigidly connected to the paper jacket/as Well as to the can body, said can head and can body having rims interfolded and united by double seams and said interfolded rims of the can b'ody and can heads'embracing, surrounding and compressing vboth ends of the jacket., substantially as specified.

N5. In a jacketed can, the combination with a sheet metal can body and can heads, of a paper jacket Wrapped in successive layers raround the can body, the inner layer cemented to the can body and the successive layers cemented to each other, said paper jacket having a bandage-like gripping action on the can body and the body and acket being irremovably united throughout their contacting surfaces and forming a composite unitary structure and said can heads being also rigidly connected to the paper jacket as well as to the can body, said can head and can bod having rims interfolded and united by double seams and said intel-folded rims of the can body and canheads embracing, surrounding and compressing both ends of the jacket, said i paper jacket having an external waterproof coating, substantially as specified.

FRANKLlN RUDOLPHa Witnesses:

, H. M. MUNnAY, v PEARL ABRAMs. 

